issue with validator flagging something the w3 site uses as an example

Jacques Mattheij <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:56:30 +0200
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Hello there,

When I run http://jacquesmattheij.com/ through your verifier I get this 
error:

*Error*: Bad value |navigation| for attribute |role| on element |ul| 
<http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/single-page.html#the-ul-element>.


But when I check how that's supposed to be done on the w3 site

http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-role-20071004/

That is explicitly used as an example:

<ul role="navigation wai:sitemap">
     <li href="downloads">Downloads</li>
     <li href="docs">Documentation</li>
     <li href="news">News</li>
</ul>

It states that sample is only 'informative', but still if that's not good
use then I would expect them to use another example. Please let me know
which of the two (verifier or standards document) is in error.

best regards,

  Jacques Mattheij



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    Hello there,<br>
    <br>
    When I run <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://jacquesmattheij.com/">http://jacquesmattheij.com/</a> through your verifier I get
    this error:<br>
    <p><strong>Error</strong>: <span>Bad value <code>navigation</code>
        for attribute <code>role</code> on element <a
href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/single-page.html#the-ul-element"><code>ul</code></a>.</span></p>
    <br>
    But when I check how that's supposed to be done on the w3 site <br>
    <br>
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-role-20071004/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xhtml-role-20071004/</a><br>
    <br>
    That is explicitly used as an example:<br>
    <br>
    <pre>&lt;ul role="navigation wai:sitemap"&gt;
    &lt;li href="downloads"&gt;Downloads&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li href="docs"&gt;Documentation&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li href="news"&gt;News&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

It states that sample is only 'informative', but still if that's not good
use then I would expect them to use another example. Please let me know
which of the two (verifier or standards document) is in error.

best regards,

 Jacques Mattheij

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